Changes in the Learning Environment
I have been reading "Windows on the Future" by McCain & Juke (2001) for my class, and I found this information to be almost inspiring. They state that in a high-technology global market such as ours, “a nation’s ability to compete rests solely on the skill and dedication of its citizens” (p.67). A nation’s success rest on many factors; but, if we are not skilled in technology, this nation is at risk. “We must all see that education is the key to the future” (67). The globalization of technology has changed the way we work and interact with our working environment; however, with this technological fusion, “… personal computing power for the masses will transform learning and education in much the same way as it is transforming the way we work and play” (p.68).
What are we educators going to do now? Our educational system cannot remain as it has been in the past. It must change with the changes in time. The students have changed; their paradigm has changed. “In the face of this unbelievable technological upheaval, it is understandable that educators are struggling for answers” (p.68). For this reason, those in charge of education must face the question. What can we do to keep abreast of the current situation? Despite the queries, and rhetorical as they are, the educational system retains its old paradigm. So, if we are to survive in this world and prepare our students for the future, those involved in making the rule for education must change their paradigm now.
Change is inevitable and time is something we do not have. "If education hopes to meet [this] challenge, in preparing the students of today for the world of tomorrow, [it must change its paradigm]…and move ahead rapidly to embrace the new paradigm of constant and accelerating change” (p71).
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What are we educators going to do now? Our educational system cannot remain as it has been in the past. It must change with the changes in time. The students have changed; their paradigm has changed. “In the face of this unbelievable technological upheaval, it is understandable that educators are struggling for answers” (p.68). For this reason, those in charge of education must face the question. What can we do to keep abreast of the current situation? Despite the queries, and rhetorical as they are, the educational system retains its old paradigm. So, if we are to survive in this world and prepare our students for the future, those involved in making the rule for education must change their paradigm now.
Change is inevitable and time is something we do not have. "If education hopes to meet [this] challenge, in preparing the students of today for the world of tomorrow, [it must change its paradigm]…and move ahead rapidly to embrace the new paradigm of constant and accelerating change” (p71).
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